Bill Text: MI SB0712 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Human services; services or financial assistance; determination of financial eligibility for family independence program; include certain lottery and gambling winnings. Amends sec. 10c of 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.10c) & adds sec. 10e.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-17 - Assigned Pa 0078'12 With Immediate Effect [SB0712 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0712-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 712

 

 

September 28, 2011, Introduced by Senators GREEN, MOOLENAAR, HILDENBRAND, SCHUITMAKER, PROOS, GLEASON, KAHN and PAPPAGEORGE and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors and Human Services.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

 

"The social welfare act,"

 

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding sections 10c and 57v.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 10c. For the purposes of determining financial

 

eligibility for food assistance, the department shall apply an

 

asset test that requires eligible households to have not more than

 

$5,000.00 in countable assets in order to be eligible for food

 

assistance.

 

     Sec. 57v. For the purposes of determining financial

 

eligibility for public assistance under this act, money received

 

from lottery or other gambling winnings shall be considered

 

countable income whether the money is received in a lump-sum

 

payment or on a monthly payout basis.